Challenge of a Lifetime

Challenge of a Lifetime

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | Feb. 14, 1985

Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.

Challenge of a Lifetime

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | Feb. 14, 1985

Challenge of a Lifetime
Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.
Producers
Original title Challenge of a Lifetime
Directors Peter L. Bergquist, Roz Harris, Kalai Strode, Russ Mayberry, Robert Florio, John H. Anderson
Writers Sally Robinson

Cast

Penny Marshall

as Nora Schoonover

Richard Gilliland

as Will Brodsky

Jonathan Silverman

as Steven Schoonover

Mary Woronov

as Mary Garritee

Paul Gleason

as John Schoonover

James Bergeson

as Donald Turnquist

Jim Lampley

as Announcer

Anne Simon

as Announcer

Greg Monaghan

as Jay Redmond

Dorothy Dells

as Dr. Jackson

Dick Anthony Williams

as Dr. Hume

Steve Yochem

as Rick

Keone Young

as Dr. Honowa

Loyita Chapel

as Rachel

Elizabeth Lindsey

as Lee Kaplan

Peg Shirley

as Mrs. Meyer

Gillian Grant

as Charlotte

Julie Davis

as Volunteer

Mort Sertner

as Volunteer